Driss Chahtan

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Blog | Morocco

Morocco pardons journalist to create smokescreen

By Rima Marrouch/CPJ Middle East and North Africa Research Associate
Driss Chahtan holds his daughter while being taken to prison. He was released a day before his wife had their second child. (Abdelwahid Mahir)

On Friday evening, after receiving an unexpected royal pardon, Driss Chahtan, the editor of the independent weekly Al-Michaal, was released from Oukacha Prison in Casablanca. However, his release is one of the few positive developments amid many alarming cases of worsening press conditions in Morocco.

Continue reading Morocco pardons journalist to create smokescreen »
June 16, 2010 10:15 AM ET |
Tags: Akhbar Al-Youm, Ali Amar, Driss Chahtan, Le Journal, Taoufik Bouachrine
Letters | Morocco

CPJ urges Morocco to halt politicized prosecutions

Continue reading CPJ urges Morocco to halt politicized prosecutions »
March 15, 2010 11:27 AM ET |
Tags: Al-Jazeera, Al-Quds, Driss Chahtan, Imprisoned, Legal Action
Blog | Morocco

CPJ trip to Morocco reveals gap between rhetoric and reality

By Kamel Labidi/CPJ Middle East Representative
At the Casablanca Appeals Court, left to right: Driss Chahtan's lawyer, Said Ben Hommani; Al-Mishaa's Mustapha Rayhan; Kamel Labidi; Al-Mishaal's Hassan Ain al-Hayat; Chahtan's wife, Sihem, and daughter, Saberina. (CPJ)

Two weeks ago, Mohamed Abdel Dayem, CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator, and I were in Morocco to hold meetings with government officials as well as journalists. In some ways the trip was a success, but in other ways it left much to be desired from a country that claims to be “at the forefront of liberalization in the region,” to borrow language used by Morocco’s Communication Minister Khalid Naciri in his meeting with CPJ on February 19.
Continue reading CPJ trip to Morocco reveals gap between rhetoric and reality »
March 3, 2010 5:33 PM ET |
Tags: Akhbar Al-Youm, Censored, Driss Chahtan, Le Journal Hebdomadaire
Attacks on the Press | Morocco

Attacks on the Press 2009: Morocco

Top Developments
• Authorities censor, jail journalists to silence coverage of the royal family.
• Politicized courts issue heavy defamation awards.

Key Statistic
100,000: Copies of two weeklies destroyed by authorities because they carried a poll about the king.

As King Mohammed VI marked his first decade on the Alawite throne, his government moved aggressively to censor coverage of the royal family and silence other critical news reporting, fueling deep concern about the future of independent journalism in this North African nation.

Continue reading Attacks on the Press 2009: Morocco »
February 16, 2010 12:26 AM ET |
Tags: Driss Chahtan
Imprisoned | Azerbaijan, Burma, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Morocco, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen

2009 prison census

136 journalists jailed worldwide

As of December 1, 2009    |   » Read the accompanying report: "FREELANCERS UNDER FIRE"

Continue reading 2009 prison census »
December 8, 2009 12:00 PM ET |
Tags: Abdulghani Memetemin, Adnan Hajizade, Adnan Hassanpour, Ahmad Zaid-Abadi, Albert Santiago Du Bouchet Hernández, Aleshteraki, Alfredo Felipe Fuentes, Alfredo Pulido López, Amanuel Asrat, Asrat Wedajo, Aung Kyaw San, Bahman Ahmadi Amouee, Boris Stomakhin, Chen Daojun, Dawit Habtemichael, Dawit Isaac, Dhondup Wangchen, Dilmurod Saiid, Driss Chahtan, Du Daobin, Dzhamshid Karimov, Ebrima Manneh, Elmar Huseynov, Emin Milli, Evin Prison, Eynulla Fatullayev, Fabio Prieto Llorente, Fariba Pajooh, Fuad Rashid, Gayrat Mehliboyev, Genimet Zakhidov, Ghebrehiwet Keleta, Guo Qizhen, Gustavo Azócar, Hamid Mohammed Said, Hanevy Ould Dehah, Hang Chakra, Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez, Hossein Derakhshan, Hu Jia, Huang Qi, Ibrahim Jassam, Ibrahim Mohamed Ali, Islam Karimov, Issa Saharkhiz, Iván Hernández Carrillo, J.S. Tissainayagam, Javad Mahzadeh, Jin Haike, José Luis García Paneque, José Ubaldo Izquierdo Hernández, Juan Adolfo Fernández Saínz, Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, Julio César Gálvez Rodríguez, Kayvan Samimi, Kong Youping, Kunchok Tsephel Gopey Tsang, Léster Luis González Pentón, Lü Gengsong, Lewis Medjo, Mahdi Hossein-Zadeh, Marjan Abdollahian, Mattewos Habteab, Medhanie Haile, Miguel Galván Gutiérrez, Mijail Bárzaga Lugo, Mohammad Davari, Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand, Mojtaba Lotfi, Muhammad Bekjanov, Nguyen Van Hai, Normando Hernández González, Omar Rodríguez Saludes, Omar Ruíz Hernández, Omid Salimi, Ortikali Namazov, Oscar Sánchez Madan, Pablo Pacheco Ávila, Pedro Argüelles Morán, Qi Chonghuai, Ramazan Yesergepov, Reza Nourbakhsh, Ricardo González Alfonso, Richard Durbin, Rory Peck, Saeed Laylaz, Said Abdelkader, Saleh Aljezeeri, Saleh Idris Gama, Salidzhon Abdurakhmanov, Sardar Alibeili, Sein Win Maung, Seyoum Tsehaye, Shi Tao, Sun Lin, Taoufik Ben Brik, Taqadoumy, Temesken Ghebreyesus, Tesfalidet Kidane Tesfazghi, Victor Rolando Arroyo Carmona, Xu Wei, Yang Zili, Yusuf Mohamed Ali, Yusuf Ruzimuradov, Zaw Thet Htwe, Zemenfes Haile, Zhang Jianhong, Zheng Yichun, Zouhair Makhlouf
Alerts | Morocco

In Morocco, editor imprisoned, court shutters paper

Driss Chahtan holds his daughter while being taken to prison. (Abdelwahid Mahir)New York, October 16, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the decision of a Rabat court Thursday to imprison the managing editor of Al-Michaal newspaper for one year. 
Continue reading In Morocco, editor imprisoned, court shutters paper  »
October 16, 2009 2:51 PM ET |
Tags: Censored, Driss Chahtan, Imprisoned, Legal Action
Alerts | Morocco

Moroccan paper closed amid increasing attacks on press

New York, September 30, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the closure of a Moroccan independent daily amid an escalating government campaign to silence critical journalists. On Tuesday, police prevented Taoufik Bouachrine, managing publisher and editor of the daily Akhbar al-Youm, and dozens of staff members from entering the offices of the Casablanca-based newspaper.
Continue reading Moroccan paper closed amid increasing attacks on press »
September 30, 2009 4:47 PM ET |
Tags: Censored, Driss Chahtan
Alerts | Morocco

Group sues journalist on behalf of Moroccan royals

New York, June 15, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by defamation charges filed against a Moroccan editor by a group that represents close relatives of King Mohammed VI. A Casablanca court has summoned the editor to appear on Tuesday.

Continue reading Group sues journalist on behalf of Moroccan royals »
June 15, 2009 1:40 PM ET |
Tags: Driss Chahtan, Legal Action

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